This is the chord progression of The Prom by Alyssa Greene on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro]
Absus2 Ab Absus2 Ab
[Verse 1]
Absus2
The hair has to be perfect
Gbsus2 Absus Ab
The “A’s” have to be straight
Absus2 Cm7
You have to join the debate club
Dbsus2 Db
On that there’s no debate
Gm7b5 C7 Fsus2 Fm/Eb
You‘ll have Bible camp each summer to keep you pure and clean
Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db(add2) Absus2 Absus/G Dbsus2 Db
Endless rules apply when you’re Alyssa Greene
[Verse 2]
Absus2
Trophies have to be first place
Gbsus2 Absus Ab
Ribbons have to be blue
Absus2 Cm7 Dbsus2 Db
There’s always some competition or hoops for jumping through
Gm7b5 C7 Fsus2 Fm/Eb
Your mom’s made sacrifices, so win homecoming queen
Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db Absus2 Ab Absus2 Ab
’Cause it’s do or die when you’re Alyssa Greene
[Bridge]
Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db Ab/C
And you wish there was a world where you were simply free to live
Bbm7 Eb9sus Eb Ab(add2) Ab7
And when people criticized you, you had no more shits to give
Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db C7/E Fm
And in this other lifetime, when you tell yourself, “Be brave,”
Bb7sus
You won‘t cave
Bb7 Ebsus Eb Ebsus Eb6 Dbmaj9 Eb9sus
That’s the one thing I truly crave
[Verse 3]
Ab
But your feelings have to be phony
Gb6/9 Ab
Your weight has to be tracked
Cm7 Dbsus2 Db
If you don’t like shaking pom-poms, you’d better learn to act
Gm7b5 C7 Fsus2 Fm/Eb
Just have everything perfected by the time you reach eighteen
Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db Absus2 Ab Gb6/9
Don‘t ask how or why when you’re Alyssa Greene
[Verse 4]
Absus2 Ab
Improve all of your strong points
Gbsus2 Ab(add2)
And hide things that you lack
Cm7 Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db
’Cause mom’s convinced if you’re perfect your father might come back
Gm7b5 C7
You’re not yourself, you’re not what she wants
Fsus2 Fm/Eb
You‘re someone in-between
Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db(add2) Absus2 Ab
Your whole life’s a lie when you’re Alyssa Greene
Gb6/9 Absus2 Ab Gb6/9 Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db
[Outro]
Gm7b5 C7
You’re not yourself, you‘re not what she wants
Fsus2 Fm/Eb
You’re someone in-between…
Dbsus2 Ab/C Ab Gbsus2